In the game, players must shift around puzzle blocks in order to create steps and platforms, ultimately to reach children who have been trapped within the giant structures.

While visiting the park, Mallo witnesses papa Blox hurting his back while trying to rescue a trapped child.

In the game, a Pushmo is a large, climbable playground structure made of blocks that can slide forwards and backwards.

In order to rescue the children, Mallo must move the sliding blocks of the Pushmo in such a way to create a path to reach the child.

[3] If Mallo becomes stuck, the player can either reset the Pushmo or use a rewind feature similar to games such as Braid and Catrap.

[3] Patrick Barnett of Nintendo World Report said the game was "an ingenious puzzler that will consume the free time of anyone who gives it a whirl.

"[11] A sequel to Pushmo called Crashmo (known in the PAL region as Fallblox, and in Japan as Hikuotsu) was announced on October 4, 2012 by Nintendo in both North America and Europe.